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Children with autism learn to recognise emotions with the help of a TV series. Julia Belgutay reports.
Children with autism can learn empathy through watching specially- designed cartoons, research has shown. The study, led by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge, assessed the ability of children with autism to recognise emotions before and after watching The Transporters.
The TV series features eight toy vehicles with actors' faces displaying emotions. Part of a child's toy set, they come to life...